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Social SciencesBehavioral SciencesPsychologyAdolescent DevelopmentPsychometricsScale DevelopmentAdolescent AssessmentAdolescent DepressionDepressionDepression AssessmentMental HealthPsychological TestingCross-cultural Depression AssessmentData ValidityDepression Symptom AssessmentDepressive Symptom AssessmentDiagnostic Assessment Of DepressionEpidemiological MeasurementFamily Background EffectsSelf-report Depression Scales
Objective: To test the applicability of Depression Scale (CES-D) of Center for Epidemiological Studies in Chinese adolescents. Methods: CES-D was administrated to 10,210 middle school students aged 13-18. Results: The overall Cronbach α of CES-D was 0.88; the result of confirmatory factor analysis supported the original four-factor structure; females scored significantly higher than males; older students scored higher than younger ones; students of different academic performance and different family background had significantly different scores. Conclusion: CES-D shows good reliability and structural validity when administrated to Chinese adolescents.